Fred Parkerâ€™s contributions to the field of photography, particularly in California during the 1960s and 1970s, are considerable. He was the first curator of photography at the Pasadena Museum of Art (1969â€“1974) and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He also served as the first director of the Friends of Photography in Carmel, an organization dedicated to the promotion of creative photography.

Parker said of this portfolio: â€śIâ€™m dealing with a visual, verbal and tactile combinationâ€¦ Iâ€™m building upon what I have experiencedâ€”that there are interesting relationships between words and images and feelingsâ€¦where the imagination makes diverse and unexpected connections. Hopefully,
for the viewer, each print offers a multiplicity of personal meaningsâ€”not just mine.â€ť